I watched the casting special last night and I'm looking forward to this new season. Those geeks are definitely geekier. I'm not sure I would say the beauties are more beautiful. *shrug*

One thing that gets me, if you follow tribe's link above and look at their bios, five of those eight girls are either attending college or have graduated college. As a college professor, I can't believe they could be that dumb! *boggle*

...but I will not necessarily judge them until I see the show!

I was thinking the same thing ARnutz. When I went to the website a few days ago and read the bios, I was astonished to see that a good majority of these girls have attended college or graduated, one was going for or already had a degree in a math subject. I was also astonished that one was listed as a kindergarten teacher, I know it's not one of the harder grades to teach but I can't imagine someone who is dense would be a teacher at all. It does make me wonder how much of the stupidity of the girls is put on. As for the guys.....well I'm not doubting their geekness. I definately do think that this season's batch of geeks are far more geeky than last season's. In fact it was hard for me to see last season's guys as complete geeks opposed to guys with a lack of confidence and plenty of shyness. I will definately be tuning in to tonight's episode, it definately does have my intrigue. I have a feeling that I'm really going to like the guy who can do the rubics cube in a short amount of time and the guy with anxiety attacks. One thing that my boyfriend mentioned last night was how he would like it better if everyone got to stay and just had a point system to determine the winner, that way we could see changes in all the people there, since that's what the show is supposed to be about. I personally don't think it's a bad idea, but I guess it would take away from the drama of who's going and who is putting them in the spot to go.

Good morning!

That's so true about teachers. Even kindergarten teachers need to have a certain amount of common sense, right?

That point system would be a cool idea! I mean, the whole point of the "experiment" is to see who can make changes and how much, right? If your team is eliminated the first week, how much have you really changed?

Anyway, I did enjoy last season very much and I am looking forward to this one now too.

Fun start to the game.
I really like these folks.

I definitely see Brads, evil side, will become a feature of this season. "I put the bad in badmitton" and "I put the stud in study" T-Shirts added with the college-lined-paper cards for special occasions, like break-ups, was more than a normal viewer could handle. More like "I put the slime in slimey"
What was with his PowerHungry "third degree" directed towards the remaining cast members?
I do think he might be a Final4 couple, because of it. Ooops, but that's just the spoiler in me talking.

Anyway, the show was fun.
As far as the Twist? I'm glad they did it. And I think it will probably work into Brad's evil plan.
Sorry Amanda, you're a bitch-by-proxy. (...huh? ... ummm ... yes. That means a really big menu.) But you ain't got yer smarts aboutcha. Early goner.

Fun characters were definitely "Carrot Allen" or should that be "WoodyTop", Ankur (pronounced Encore) and Thais (pronounced Tie).

Josh, is adorably nebbish and alarming close to OCD.
Dangerous mix, IMO, but he surely needs this show as much as Michael Skupin needs another chance at Survivor.
Needless to say ... this guy, neeeeeeeeeds this show.
He'll have the most to learn.
However, sleeping in closets while pretty girls are in the next room ... is so ... hmmmm ... (I hate to say this, but since I come from the know, I feel like I can.) ... Gay.
The man-purse isn't helping.
Thais may be my favorite character from this season.
Much like Lauren was last season.

I can't wait to see how the "relationships" will bloom.
Even though this is descirbed as a "Social Experiment" it always produces a cross-level crush.

Ohhh... I'm just so excited.
Good first show.

I love this show. Last night I laughed so hard at different comments made or actions done. I'm even going to go out on a limb here and say that this season may turn out to be better than last. They definately have pimped up the house a bit more, which is cool, I guess they figured they could afford to. My favorite characters are probably going to be Josh and Tyson. They are so adorable. Tyson is so into making a change and Josh is just so damn quirky. I love it. I also like Ankur, although I don't know how much he will get from this experience. He seems to enjoy who he is and doesn't want to change the way he looks just to please others, which I admire. I actually thought it was pretty witty for these girls to actually say that Josh was like a mix of Carrot Top and Woody Allen. I don't know if he's gay. My boyfriend has anxiety and his is set off from being in new places or being around too many people at once especially if he doesn't know alot of them. I think that going in the closet was Josh's way of calming and maintaining his anxiety, usually people with this disorder need a quiet place alone to get things under control. I honestly didn't think that Brad was going to be the evil geek, it kind of sucks that he is but in a way it is entertaining. It will be interesting to see how he deals in the house, he does seem to already have quite a bit of confidence unless it's a front.

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Agreed! This was a good show! I also think this could top the first one. Of the guys, I like Ankur and Tyson. Chris (the one you called Brad) with the power trip is an azz! ...and what was up with him saying psychology is an easy major, making it sound like he was talking down to them? According to his bio, his degree is in psychology and history. I wonder if the others know that?

For the gals I like Tristin and Jennipher (dood! could that really be the way it's spelled? with the "ph"? Like phat instead of fat?). Anyway, the gal that is already driving me bonkers is Brittany! I have no patience for bubbleheads. Amanda is an uber-beeyotch!

I kept waiting for them to change Karl's tag from 'Dungeon Master' to 'Beavis'.

Bad job by the WB on their season preview, as usual -- you could just about see the first six weeks of the show, eliminations and all. Who goes first? Take a wild guess. Who goes second? Just put the scenes in order, peeps: it's all in there somewhere. Which couples are getting switched? Gee, that's a hard one. You might have to freeze-frame for that.

Ooppps...sorry bout the name mixup, I will get better as the season goes on. I think I got the biggest kick out of Karl. I couldn't help but laugh when he told the ladies to pick him if they want to win....or something. Then the whole talk about how he wished him and his partner had a room with one bed so he could "sleep" with her. Most of these guys are pretty likable and will probably have girls everywhere saying ohhhhh he's adorable, with the exception of the Chris guy. Like I said in my first post, he seems too confident with himself to really fall in the catagory. I know he's technically a geek but his ego doesn't seem to care or follow the stereotypical discription. He was so worried about putting a target on himself yet he didn't seem to care when he discredited people and their intelligence. As for Josh, I was thinking last night that I really did like his look. I love his big hair and his tinted glasses. He almost looks like an intellectual hippy. I don't know if I want to see him change his appearances.

I just hope that these guys will realize that they do have a lot to offer and I hope they don't change their appearances just to conform to what society thinks they should look like. If they change their looks and choose to keep the look because they truly are happy with it then that is fine.

I'm also kind of rooting for Tristan, for the ladies, because I too am from and still live in Maine. I just hope she doesn't turn out to be b!tchy and if she does.....well we aren't all like that. Just don't care to have another Scarlet in the house so if there is hook-ups I hope they are sincere, because I didn't get that feeling with Scarlet, she was also pretty mean to her partner.

http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/rubik-cube-record-set-at-1113-seconds-1006808.php

The record in the story is for solving it the normal way. The dude on the show holds the blindfolded solve record.

Beauty & the Geek spinoff coming. Dumb, good looking guys and smart, average looking women. Sounds good to me. Maybe Bobby Jon will be on there. He fits the qualifications.

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/beauty_and_the_geek/2006_Jan_17_reversed_formula

The part that irritates me about so many reality shows is the constant replaying of the same thing over and over. We saw that poor guy peek through the curtain at the girls over and over again on the first 2 shows. And they have to keep showing us previews of what is going to happen so many times that by the time we see it we don't care. Then they come back from commercial and show us repeatedly what we have just seen. Between the commercials, recaps and previews we get so little new show. Why do they do that?

I agree Loree, it is very annoying. I guess it's a nice recap to have when one misses the last episode but it does get annoying, especially when they do it after almost every commercial break, enough already that's what I say. It does take away from the time that they could use to show new things. Then again the guys and girls are probably still in that akward stage of trying to get to know each other but not doing the best job of it yet, maybe after a couple more shows we will start to see more of what's happening inside the house other than competitions.

As for last night's episode, it was good, but I'm waiting for it to get better. I felt so much for the guys having to get up in front of a bunch of strangers and do something that was very much out of their element. It took until my junior year of high school to finally put the foot down with myself and stop acting like a nervous wreck everytime I did a presentation, I couldn't imagine having to prepare myself for kareokee. I was proud of the guys for overcoming their fears and getting up their to sing, it's a hard thing to do especially when you can't carry a tune. Honestly, I couldn't laugh at the guys even though there were some funny moments, I just would have felt like a terrible person.

As for the female competition, well I couldn't help but kind of laugh, I guess that was a bit double standard of me. I just couldn't believe that they had such a hard time coming up with half way intelligent things to say on some of the issues. Like hello girls pollution!!!???? Is it really that hard to come up with something? I didn't know a person had to be highly intelligent to say well we could all recycle or carpool. That would have been a good enough of an answear. It sounded to me that the girls somewhat listened to what their partner told them but didn't develope any opinions on the subject matters themselves therefore they were in too much of a position to try to remember the opinion of someone else.

It was kind of sad to see Brandon go, he wasn't my favorite but it did seem like he could have benefited more from the stay. I guess Chris could benefit as well, but his self-esteem isn't really that of a geeky guy but more of an arrogant guy. If he took the experience for more than just gaining money and t.v. time he will come out being less snobby and thinking he's better, but I don't know if he will. He did apologize for his being rude to the others but it was unbelievable that he wasn't even aware that he was offensive with his questions and comments and honestly the others had already marked him off their list. Tristan seemed to be shocked that her group was chosen to go up for elimination but it was like it's not you Tristan it's Chris, he's both knowledgable in intelligant issues as well as pop culture plus he's been a jerk.

I still like Ty and Josh and I'm hopping they stay around for quite some time. Josh really really needs this experience and Ty is so open about it all he deserves to stay.

Thais must be related to Jenna Morasca or something. They look so alike.

I was thinking the same thing when I first saw Thais. It was a bit disappointing to see Tyson and Thais go last night. Out of all the partners they really seemed to one of the few who really clicked and got along with no problem. In fact I could actually see the two as a couple. And did anyone else notice when Tyson hugged Thais his hand seemed to be almost cupping her breast, I'm sure that Tyson did not mean to but it was kind of slick looking....lol. In all they were probably the two that had really grown from the experience, more than others, in such a short amount of time, so I think they will be very capable of using what they have learned on in their every day lives.

The second couple that I have noticed that seems to click like Tyson and Thais would have to be Brittney and Joe. They really listen to each other, help each other, and work well. I think that they could go a long ways in this game if they keep up the momentum. I thought Joe's room was fabulous. He clearly listened alot to Brittney and she clearly gave him the info that he needed to suceed.

Karl's room and Ancur's room was my second faves. They really knew what they were doing and thought about what a young woman would like.

As far as Josh's room, well it was too kiddish, which I think he would have done better had he geared a room more towards the age of the woman in the competition. The kid's room wasn't horrible but it also didn't seem to be put together the way it could have been, almost like he just put things in a place without really thinking it through and the stapled teddy bear on the wall, not a good ideal. However, I am also really seeing why Josh is feeling the way he does about his partner. I can understand Cher's point of view on wanting Josh to take her advice and do more than just one thing, but how she goes about speaking to him is a bit b!tchy, it's like she was talking down to him. I hope that Josh speaks up and tells her that she needs to talk to him as an equal and I hope she takes what he says into consideration. If they don't pull together soon they will be out and they will have no one to blame but themselves for not working well as a team.

I thought Chris' room was ok, kind of blah when it was shown up close. The things that took points off on his room was the fact that he didn't seem to be able to distinguish something that belongs in the kitchen opposed to something that goes in the bedroom. I like Tristan but I think she needs to pull it together and not get too emotional every time she is choosen for elimination, it will just get on people's nerves. I can understand that she is frustrated to go back in yet a second time in a row and I can understand that she didn't appreciate Cher's remarks the first time, but outburst tend to hurt someone.

I can't wait till next week's show to see the guys after their makeovers. I wonder is Chris and Tristan will go back in, doesn't seem to be the smartest idea since Chris is very up to speed as far as intellectual matters are concerned and even pop culture and Tristan seems to know more than the other woman in the house.

Forgot to mention Wes' room, lets just say icky color, table with candles seemed so thrown together and the "statement" a bit too much.

I finally got around to watching the second episode and I'm bummed, because my favorite couple were sent packing.

It's really a shame, because I think Tyson had a lot of promise if he would have lasted longer. I would have liked to see him get more comfortable interacting with people. He could barely hug people & just looked so awkward. In the end when he's hugging (if you'd call it that) Thais & his left hand seemed to be on her breast. It looked to me as though he just didn't know where to put his hands to how to HUG a person -- just really awkward. It looked like his hand was more hovering than actually touching.

It's also shame Thais didn't study better. I think Tyson would have answered his 3rd question right & if only Thais could have done better, they may have won. I have a feeling Tyson has something close to photographic memory.

And was it just me or did the host roll his eyes in annoyance after he announced that the boys would be going on an overnight field trip and the girls were squealing like idiots? I swear I saw the host roll his eyes in disgust/annoyance. I thought it was funny.

Can't wait for the makeovers next week & more of Chris being an absolute jerk. I suspect Chris will make it to the end, like super annoying Richard one from last season.

Kind Creation of ARNutz